Table 2. Demographic and social characteristics of tuberculosis outbreak patients, New Jersey, New York City, Baltimore, and Maryland, 1995–2001.
Characteristic | New Jerseya | New York City | Baltimore | Maryland | Total | |
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n=5 | n=10 | n=18 | n=6 | n=39 (% of total) | ||
Median age, yrs (range) | 20 (6–33) | 30 (1–40) | 24 (19–43) | 33 (21–46) | 26 | (1–46) |
African-American | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 36 (92) | |
Born as male | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 30 (77) | |
House member | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 (49) | |
Pediatric patient | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (8) | |
Foreign born | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (5) |
aProbable nosocomial exposure for one of these two patients occurred at a New Jersey hospital before the patient’s relocation to Maryland.